State License Plate Research Thread

[Louno Trucker]

Florida

There are two types of plates, those with the name of the county and those with a state slogan, note that each plate has a yellow sticker on the top of the plate, which indicates the month and year of commissioning.

it is not necessary to affix a number plate to the front of a vehicle

Contry coding

The basic passenger plates follow the format AB1 2CD
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The slogans of these plaques are "Sunshine State" and "In God We Trust".
They follow the 12A BCD and A12 3BC formats.

For the aprotioned paques the appearance is totally different from the basic passenger plates, you can see the year in the upper left corner and the marking "APR" on black in the centre of the plate.
The current format follow A12 34B
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For more plate models, including police patrol and emergency vehicles, see this PDF document.

[Louno Trucker]

Connecticut

it is necessary to affix a number plate to the front of a vehicle


The number plates do not have a sticker, and are marked with the slogan "Contusion State".

Contry coding

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it follows the format AB·12345

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A=apportioned

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commercial trailer

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Strength of fire & ambulance (it follows the format 1234)

[Louno Trucker]

Hawaii

it is necessary to affix a number plate to the front of a vehicle

The number plates have a sticker on the upper right corner.

Country coding

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the format follows ABC 123

Non-passenger Plates, the first letter represents the county, for example: T=Honolulu County, H=Hawaii County, M=Maui County and K=Kauai County.

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truck (Honolulu county)

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strength of fire (Hawaii county)

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police force (Honolulu county HPD1234)

[parasaurolophus67]

I wouldn't expect Hawaii to be added. No ferries for it

[Louno Trucker]

New York

it is necessary to affix a number plate to the front of a vehicle

Country coding

The plates have no sticker.

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follows the ABC-1234 format

Non-passenger Plates

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[Louno Trucker]

I wouldn't expect Hawaii to be added. No ferries for it

It's true, but maybe it will happen one day without any connection to the continent, who it is.

[rcnanofalcon]

New Jersey

The state requires front AND rear license plates.

NJ Standard passenger vehicle design:

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This plate follows the ABC-123 format.


NJ Apportioned Truck Plate Design:

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This plate follows the AB-123C format.

NJ Apportioned Trailer Plate Design:
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This plate follows the ABC-12D format.

Emergency vehicles:

NJ State Police 100th Anniversary Special Plate Design (2021):
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These plates contain the letters "SPA" and the number "100," followed by any letter except I and O.

NJ Ambulance Plate Design:
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These plates follow the OA-1234 format.

NJ Municipal Vehicles Design (applies to Municipal Police as well):
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These plates follow the 12345MG format.

NJ State Government Plates:
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These plates follow an SG12345 format.

[Louno Trucker]

Pennsylvania

it is not necessary to affix a number plate to the front of a vehicle

Country coding

The plates do not have a validation sticker.

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it follows the ABC-1234 format

Non-passenger plates

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they follow the AB-12345 format

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FP=feraternal police

[Yokhama98]

Wyoming recently updated their license plate design (mandatory by state law every 8 years) These are the updated outlines, Today I saw them for the first time on a vehicle at the grocery store!

[MoiraPrime]

Mississippi updated their default license plate as of January 2024. Some people with license plates expiring in December 2023 got them early.

https://i.imgur.com/lcdDqGA.png

No clue how to resize it, but this is the current one.

Also worth noting Mississippi changes their license plate once every 4 years, so it may be difficult to keep this up to date.